I’ve made this a sheet pan quiche a bit over the last few weeks, it’s great for picnics at the beach, potluck luncheons or cut into small slices for party finger food. It’s dense with spinach so you feel like your getting a decent quota of greens, and because I use both frozen spinach and frozen pastry, it’s super quick and easy. If you want to go the more labor intensive route you could make your own pastry and par-bake it before filling it as Deb Perelman does here but seriously it’s summer in Australia and who has the time or energy to get that fancy.

This is something you can bung in the oven in the morning and keep in the pan for portability when you’re going places. Although I’ve encountered one recalcitrant seven-year-old who wouldn’t touch it, in general, kids seem to love it. This is a very forgiving recipe. The original recipe calls for a 22x 33cm sheet pan but I used a slightly smaller 30x 20 cm pan and it worked fine with the slightly thicker filling. I’ve also added extra cream and eggs to stretch the filling and make an smaller quiche to go alongside the big quiche and that worked fine too. And yes, you can use different cheeses (feta is very good!) making it an excellent user upper of leftover cheese (always a problem) in the days and weeks after Christmas and New Years excess. Leftover dill and other herbs can be thrown in, so you can clean out your fridge before you go away and freeze any leftovers for when you come back from holidays. Parties, picnics or a quick mid-week meal this is a brilliant recipe to have in your repertoire.

Line pan with pastry, cutting pastry and pressing edges together to line pan completely and press pastry into pan. Let pastry rest in fridge while you prepare the filling.

Use a hand beater or a wooden spoon and whisk to beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add milk and cream and beat in until combined. Then add eggs two at a time and whisk through until smooth. Squeeze out spinach in a fine sieve and get as much liquid out as possible. Stir through onion, cheese, spinach and salt and pepper through egg mixture.

Trim pastry and pour in filling. Level filling and bake in oven for about 25-30 minutes until filling is set and pastry is golden. Let sit 10 minutes until cutting and serving. Cooked quiche can be kept in the refrigerator for 4-5 days and reheated.